August 2007

How to set a publication time in WordPress

Last night I was chatting to a colleague who mentioned the difficulty of having to Publish a post in WordPress before a related event had actually finished. His post should really appear after the event, not during, or before. As I drove home I wondered why he was having this problem — after all you [...]

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Social networking gone wild

If you think Facebook and MySpace are networking … Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park. … Spider experts say the web may have been constructed by social cobweb spiders, which [...]

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11 or 23?

I’m just reading an email notice about the Aurigid meteor shower, expected in the next day or two. Here’s what it says: … the peak is due around 4:30 a.m. PDT (11:30 UT) on Saturday morning. … I grew up in New Zealand, mainly, where we use AM and PM for times of the day [...]

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WordPress image thumbnail size

I often add images to my WordPress posts — not so much here, but in the MacTips archive and on my Oddity59 personal blog. From time to time I wonder just how big the image thumbnails are, and occasionally I even ponder how to go about changing that thumbnail size. Dagon Design has the answer. [...]

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Carter Observatory video; lunar eclipse

Wellington’s Carter Observatory is closed for renovations, but they have a cool 4 minute video on the site. The educational displays are to be redesigned over the next few months, so that by reopening time we will have a variety of world class exhibits, hands-on demonstrations and shows. These will cover all aspects of astronomy [...]

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Catching up

I have a very annoying cold, complete with fuzzy brain, aching teeth and body, and very low energy. At least the sun’s shining, so I’ve dedicated my day to sitting quietly in the sunniest room of the house catching up on emails, preparing invoices, responding to comments on my blog and so on.

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